淡薄

dànbó

adjective #47,403

Meanings

1 thin
2 faint
3 weak (of feeling, interest, memory)

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

他对这件事的印象已经很淡薄了。

Tā duì zhè jiàn shì de yìnxiàng yǐjīng hěn dànbó le.

His memory of this event has already grown faint.

HSK 7-9

山顶空气淡薄。

Shāndǐng kōngqì dànbó.

The air at the mountain top is thin.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse with 单薄 ('flimsy / scanty / weak in body') - same pinyin minus the tone slip and a different first character. 淡薄 is about thinness in concentration, intensity or feeling; 单薄 is about thinness in substance or body.

Stroke Order

淡 dàn

薄 báo